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Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong, Fiona Mensah, Elodie O'Connor, Shuaijun Guo, Sharon Goldfeld, Meredith O'Connor, Cindy Pham, Sarah Gray   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preferential Tax Policies: An Invisible Hand behind Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies. [PDF]

Int J Health Policy Manag, 2022
Fan Y, Yang S, Jia P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

Financing opportunities in the time of COVID-19: Re-examining cigarette taxes with a new scorecard

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2021
Francis Thompson, Frank J. Chaloupka, Susan Sparkes, Jeffrey Drope, Erika Siu, Margaret Dorokhina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do tax policies discriminate against female traders? A gender framework to study informal marketplaces in Nigeria. [PDF]

Poverty Public Policy, 2022
Akpan I, Cascant-Sempere MJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Housing as Asset‐Based Welfare in Australia: An Investigation Through a Consumption Lens

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Housing asset‐based welfare has long been a key component of Australia's social policy. This resonates with a parallel literature identifying a trade‐off between homeownership and the size of nations' welfare states, wherein owner‐occupiers in smaller welfare states tend to come to rely on housing wealth to meet many of their welfare needs ...
Gavin A. Wood, Christopher Phelps, Silvia Salazar, Rachel Ong ViforJ   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

AN ASSESSMENT OF TAX POLICIES ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AFRICA

Journal of Smart Economic Growth
In Africa, several tax policies have been implemented over the years with the aim of boosting economic growth but the rate of economic growth in these countries have not been convincing.
Fidel Nunoofio, Bhavish Jugurnath
doaj  

The Interaction between Industries and Executive Agencies (The Department of Environment and Administration of Economic and Finance) to Reduce Pollution: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development, 2019
Introduction: Nowadays, the appropriate selection of environmental instruments is considered a political priority in most countries. Given that one of the most important environmental tools in recent years to counteract industrial pollution has been ...
Mohsen Pakdaman, Samaneh Khademi, Mohammad Taghi Ghaneian, Hosien Zareian, Mohammad Hassan Ehrampoush, Mohamadali Morovati Shrifabadi   +5 more
doaj  

How should we evaluate sweetened beverage tax policies? A review of worldwide experience. [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2021
Ng SW, Colchero MA, White M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source